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So, we've got ourselves a john McCain and his 44 year old woman alaskan governor as his running mate: http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080829/ap_on_el_pr/cvn_veepstakes Frankly I must say I am quite surprised by his choice
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ITS CAUSE SHE'S ALASKAN, ISN'T IT?!
I'm not surprised at all, she's benefited our state so much at the moment, people have constantly been asking her to run for president. The most beneficial thing I can think of is the fact that she increased the taxation on oil companies, making our Alaskan dividend this year well over what it used to be, (We don't know for sure what the increase is until september 1st, over 2000 I can say easily) as well as releasing an energy policy that says anyone who needs it (so everyone) can choose to get 1000 extra dollars for the increased gas prices. I like free money. But she's hard on big corporations and only cares about the populace. Modern day robin hood who can make babies. I find her to be the ideal choice for a running mate. Not sure what this means for our local government though. They should just move the capital here if they win. This post was edited 2 times, last edit by Rantent: Aug 29 2008, 11:51 pm.
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McCain's choice of Sarah Palin totally refutes his argument that Obama is too young and too inexperienced to be President; Palin is 3 years younger than Obama and has been a governor for less time than he has been a Senator.
On national policy, McCain's "strong point," foreign leaders, the American public, and even the White House are beginning to coalesce around Obama's viewpoints and proposed policies. Perhaps the nation and even our buffoon of our President realise that Obama is right and that McCain stands alone? ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
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We're going to have the first woman president now. For reasons beyond me McCain will get elected (a very sad day) and then the old geezer will kick the bucket soon after that. Then we'll have the first woman president who is very young with very little experience. Then she'll be going through menopause as president. The timing is perfect.
I think its weird how she's younger than my mom by a few years. Wow. Yea, but it's a shame the public won't realize that. Everyone's probably having an orgasm because of the nomination thinking it's a brilliant move. I'm interested in hearing what Fox News has to say about it. No, I'm even more interested in hearing what Colbert has to say about it. I'm surprised she's for drilling in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge and also that McCain is against it. Heh, and you know how people are always saying McCain or Obama is out of touch with the public, but how much more out of touch can you be when you're the governor of ALASKA. This post was edited 2 times, last edit by Donkey Punch: Aug 30 2008, 12:06 am.
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Most of Alaska wants to drill, but it's a national wildlife refuge, so it's a national decision. (People from California also keep coming up to protest it.)
Or the other option.. First black president, lasts a day and a half before some prejudice fool assassinates him. BIDEN SAVES US ALL. (He's who I was rooting for originally.) ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
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Thats not going to happen
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Palin's a good choice for McCain to win the presidential elections (omg hawt girlz && OOH, WOMAN!), but she'll be a terribad vice president. TOO INEXPERIENCED! Go Obama. Both are seriously under experienced. At least she's better than that wench Hilary. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
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Palin's a good choice for McCain to win the presidential elections (omg hawt girlz && OOH, WOMAN!), but she'll be a terribad vice president. TOO INEXPERIENCED! Go Obama. Both are seriously under experienced. Also, Obama has way more experience than Palin. Last night I found a random forum I've never heard about through Google with a topic about Palin and I saw this post. From Wiki: Palin's experience: Quote: After being selected as the runner up in the 1984 Miss Alaska contest, Palin served two terms on the Wasilla, Alaska City Council from 1992 to 1996, was elected mayor of Wasilla in 1996, and ran unsuccessfully for Lieutenant Governor in 2002. After charging ethical violations by state Republican Party leaders,[2] she won election in 2006 by first defeating the incumbent governor in the Republican primary, then a former Democratic Alaskan governor in the general election. Obama's experience: Quote: A graduate of Columbia University and Harvard Law School, where he served as president of the Harvard Law Review, Obama worked as a community organizer and practiced as a civil rights attorney before serving in the Illinois Senate from 1997 to 2004. He taught constitutional law at the University of Chicago Law School from 1992 to 2004. Following an unsuccessful bid for a seat in the U.S. House of Representatives in 2000, he announced his campaign for the U.S. Senate in January 2003. After a primary victory in March 2004, Obama delivered the keynote address at the Democratic National Convention in July 2004. He was elected to the Senate in November 2004 with 70% of the vote. As a member of the Democratic minority in the 109th Congress, he helped create legislation to control conventional weapons and to promote greater public accountability in the use of federal funds. He also made official trips to Eastern Europe, the Middle East, and Africa. During the 110th Congress, he helped create legislation regarding lobbying and electoral fraud, climate change, nuclear terrorism, and care for returned U.S. military personnel. After announcing his presidential campaign in February 2007, Obama emphasized withdrawing American troops from Iraq, energy independence, decreasing the influence of lobbyists, and promoting universal health care as top national priorities. Who sounds more qualified to be President? ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
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Last night I found a random forum I've never heard about through Google with a topic about Palin and I saw this post. Here let me do my own comparison of their experience with info from wikipedia. Obama's experience A graduate of Columbia University and Harvard Law School, where he served as president of the Harvard Law Review, Obama worked as a community organizer and practiced as a civil rights attorney before serving in the Illinois Senate from 1997 to 2004. He taught constitutional law at the University of Chicago Law School from 1992 to 2004. Following an unsuccessful bid for a seat in the U.S. House of Representatives in 2000, he announced his campaign for the U.S. Senate in January 2003. After a primary victory in March 2004, Obama delivered the keynote address at the Democratic National Convention in July 2004. He was elected to the Senate in November 2004 with 70% of the vote. As a member of the Democratic minority in the 109th Congress, he helped create legislation to control conventional weapons and to promote greater public accountability in the use of federal funds. He also made official trips to Eastern Europe, the Middle East, and Africa. During the 110th Congress, he helped create legislation regarding lobbying and electoral fraud, climate change, nuclear terrorism, and care for returned U.S. military personnel. After announcing his presidential campaign in February 2007, Obama emphasized withdrawing American troops from Iraq, energy independence, decreasing the influence of lobbyists, and promoting universal health care as top national priorities. Palin's experience Palin was elected governor and assumed office in December 2006, after defeating incumbent governor Frank Murkowski in the Republican primary and former Democratic governor Tony Knowles in the general election. She was the youngest person, and the first woman, to be elected governor of Alaska. Before becoming governor, Palin served two terms on the Wasilla, Alaska, City Council from 1992 to 1996, and was elected mayor of Wasilla, a city with a population of just over 5000, twice, in 1996 and 1999. She lost her race for lieutenant governor of Alaska in 2002. Palin holds a Bachelor of Science degree in journalism from the University of Idaho. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
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I pwn nubs like you.
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Yeah... McCain made the DUMBEST decision picking that lady for vp. I mean, the governor of ALASKA?! She's only been governor for two years, and she's under investigation for something! If McCain drops dead (seeing as how he's ancient), she would be THE WORST president.
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Yeah... McCain made the DUMBEST decision picking that lady for vp. I mean, the governor of ALASKA?! She's only been governor for two years, and she's under investigation for something! If McCain drops dead (seeing as how he's ancient), she would be THE WORST president. Just saying McCain isn't going to win; we won't have to deal with President Palin or President McCain. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
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OMG, my internet is so lame, it just erased my entire speech on this thing.
rewriting my post... She's only been governor for two years, and she's under investigation for something! The story begins when senator Ted Stevens became Majority Leader a long time ago. (Since like before I was born.) He, being in a seat of power, and maintaining it for like 20 years, offered a lot of opportunities to many people in Alaska looking into politics. Many of these politicians were corrupt, and in essence our entire political situation has been a bunch of people in agreement. Now this can be a good thing, but often ends up working against the majority of the populace. If your looking for examples, our current senators are Ted Stevens and Lisa Murkowski who just happens to be the niece of Frank Murkowski. Hmm. So anyway, upon getting into office, she had many of these old politicians investigated, and turns out many of them were accepting bribes from oil companies, as well as mining and forestry, ect. They were getting a lot of money so things stayed the same. Basically she renewed the entire Alaskan political system, and even Ted Stevens is being charged with accepting bribes. So anyway, with a great number of new politicians up there with her, it was no problem to pass some bills that had been blocked by the older political officials accepting bribes. So with that, she managed to tax oil companies an even higher amount to drill, and instead of them paying a bunch of politicians, they pay the populace of Alaska. I'm just saying, Sarah Palin has created more benefits (In the form of, I get $1300 more this year for living in Alaska than I have in the years past.) for me in the past two years than the rest of the Alaskan political system has in the last 20 or so years. Although, I hope McCain loses, because I want Palin to remain in Alaska. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |